Heritage Grants Program

For details of the successful projects in the 2018-19 funding round click here.

About the Heritage Grants Program

The Heritage Council's annual Heritage Grants Program offers assistance to private owners of State Registered heritage places to undertake urgent conservation works, or develop conservation management plans or strategies. Grants of up to $100,000 are available through a competitive process and owners are required to match funds to the projects.

Eligibility

Only places included in the State's Register of Heritage Places and those that have been accepted for assessment are eligible. For places that have been accepted for assessment but are yet to be registered, the place must have been under assessment for five years or more. Places under assessment are currently restricted to applying for conservation management plans only.

To check the status of your property, visit inHerit or contact us. When searching inHerit, ensure you check the Limit my search to the State Register box to avoid generating ineligible listings.

Who can apply?

All private owners and corporations can apply except:

Property owners who have held the Title 3 years or less *

Commonwealth, State and local government agencies

Heritage grant recipients who are yet to complete works funded in previous years

Not-for-profit organisations that are eligible for Lotterywest funding **

* Applications from new owners may be considered in special circumstances. Please contact us to determine if this applies to you.

** A grant application may be considered where a not-for-profit
organisation demonstrates a conscientious objection to funding from
Lotterywest, or does not meet Lotterywest's funding criteria. Please contact us to discuss.

What kind of projects are funded?

Heritage grants are offered for projects that:

seek to stabilise built structures, conserve significant features, restore deteriorated building elements such as roofing, flooring or joinery, or those that take measure to slow, prevent or correct damage to a place.

works that are the subject of an order imposed by local government, or required under a Heritage Agreement

educational or promotional activities, including interpretation

administrative costs of the applicant

More information

If you would like more information about the Heritage Grants Program, contact the Senior Grants Administrator on 6552 4117, 1800 524 000 (freecall regional) or email. You can receive updates on the Heritage Grants Program by subscribing to our eNewsletter, Heritage Matters.

2018-19 Funded Projects

The former Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office at the Midland Railway Workshops received a grant to remove the ageing asbestos roof and reinstate a corrugated metal roof.